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Morgan Stanley Taps Longtime Foreign-Exchange Expert to Lead Crypto Research Team: Report
Sheena Shah has been an FX strategist at the firm since 2013.
Updated May 11, 2023, 5:45 p.m. Published Sep 15, 2021, 8:46 a.m.
Morgan Stanley is encamping a crypto research team to be led by former lead currency strategist Sheena Shah, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing an internal memo seen by Bloomberg staff.
- The London-based team will look into the impact of crypto on equities and fixed income globally, Bloomberg wrote.
- The report was confirmedhttps://www.cityam.com/morgan-stanley-to-launch-crypto-team-led-by-sheena-shah/ to London’s CityAM newspaper. The bank didn’t respond to CoinDesk’s request for comment as of press time.
- The new group will report globally to James Faucette and locally to Adam Wood. The two lead Morgan Stanley’s research teams on fintech and payments in the U.S. and Europe.
- Most recently, Shah was Morgan Stanley’s Europe lead for the Group of 10 foreign-exchange strategy, according to her LinkedIn profile. She had held that position since 2013.
- In April, Morgan Stanley became one of the first banks to offer its wealth management clients access to bitcoin. JPMorgan Chase followed soon after.
- In June, Morgan Stanley bought shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. Grayscale’s parent company, Digital Currency Group, also owns CoinDesk.
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